A good question! It baffled me to seen thousands of cranes in the cotton on CR1181. Are they hunting mice? Do they eat cotton seeds? Are they just using it for cover? John Groves El Paso -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Shepler <dawgler@xxxxxxxxx> To: Justin Bosler <justin.bosler@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: 'texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' (texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, Nov 27, 2014 7:30 am Subject: [texbirds] Re: Common Crane Howdy Texbirders (and Happy Thanksgiving), A question for this forum (guess I'm being a bit lazy not to research the answer). What do Sandhill Cranes find enticing about cotton fields? Grain fields I understand, but am unsure as to why they go into the cotton fields. Thanks to any and all that reply Dennis Atlanta, GA On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:24 AM, <justin.bosler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Currently in cotton field off CR 1272 about 2 miles west of CR 154. This > is southwest of Muleshoe NWR. > > Happy Thanksgiving, > Justin > Muleshoe NWR > > Sent from my iPhoneEdit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > > -- W. Dennis Shepler Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner